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define systems neuroscience

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the science of the structure and function of neurons and neural circuits that compute adaptive behavior

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define behavior

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internally coordinated response to internal/external stimuli. must be theologically adaptive to be considered relevant behavior

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Marr’s 3 levels

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1) computation; why (problem) [flight]
2) algorithm; what (rules) [flapping]
3) implementation; how (physical) [feathers]

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Functional-anatomical localization across scales

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early subdivisions came from cytoarchitecture

now, we have techniques like patchSeq (mix of ephys + transcriptome), includes morphology

observed in topographical maps (visual columns, homonculi in motor/sensory)

including different lobes of brain!

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Hierarchical organization of circuits and systems

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think about visual system. there’s the dorsal and ventral streams, and recurrent connections throughout.

also includes mixed selectivity of PFC

cautionary note, lots of recurrent connections! also v1 neurons are tuned differently during motion than when static

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feedfoward, convergent integration allows for output neuron to do what?

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be selective, it can recognize features that any of the 1 input neurons can’t! Think V1 simple cell RF, center on, surround off

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What are some computations that lateral inhibition is used for?

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selectiviy in MT cells in OB. also, stable, winner-take-all ring attractor network in hippocampus

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define selectivity

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refers to ability of neurons to selectively respond to specific features or properties of a stimulus

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define gain modulation

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refers to a change in the overall sensitivity or responsiveness of a neuron to input without necessarily changing its selectivity.

phenomenon whereby the gain or sensitivity of a neuron to inputs is altered w/out changing selectivity

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Transfer Function

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Input/Output relationship: relationship between inputs a neuron receives and the firing rate responses of that neuron

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Potential Neural codes

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rate code
population code
latent population dynamics
latency-based code

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what is a memory sytem?

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learning is the process of acquiring new information while memory refers to the persistence of learning in a state that can be revealed at a later time

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Karl Lashley

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rats in mazes. lesioned cortex and examined performance. concluded that extent, not location of lesion determined behavioral impairment

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Wilder Penfield

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Mapped brain while performing surgery on patients w/ epilepsy

Stimulating temporal lobes could prompt memory recall

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Brenda Milner

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HM

Following surgery, he had anterograde amnesia. remembered some memories from childhood, but lost many more recent memories.

was able to learn some new tasks

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Multiple Memory Systems

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into what 3 stages can memory be divided?

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acquisition (encode), consolidation (store), retrieval (retrieve)

consolidation can be cellular or systemic consolidation

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Dentate Gyrus circuit organization

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FF excitation w/ divergent connectivity. EC to DG (1:5) expansion from entiorhinal cortex to dentate gyrus

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key circuit organization features of dentage gyrus

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expansion/divergence of inputs
feedback and lateral inhibition
sparse connectivity between inputs to dentate granule cells
– leads to pattern separation . evidenced by square/circle morph

increase memory capacity/specificity

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Hippocampus CA3 circuit for rapid encoding and pattern completion

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CA3 receives input from EC, DG and recurrent autostim from itself!

auto associate network for rapid encoding and pattern completion.

results in auto-associative fixed-point attractor network (falls into one of 2 valleys)

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how does spatial peridocity of grid cells change in MEC?

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along DV axis! more close together in Dorsal

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what circuit motif allows grid cells?

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structured lateral inhibition

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how do we get from grid cells of MEC to hippocampal place cells?

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feedforward linear integration model!

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D1 Action Selection

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D2 pathway for action selection
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Dorsal Ganglia Chuck Image
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Action Selection: Movement
selects particular movement triggers initiation and termination scales amplitude, speed and force
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Action Selection: Motivation
Drives ideation/cognitive focus modulates emotional response sows impulses, obsessions, compulsions and addictions
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Procedural Learning
motor chunking - complex skill acquisition habitual behaviors -stimulus-response associations goal-directed behaviors: -action-outcome associations
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what is most responsible for reinforcement learning?
phasic dopamine!
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Implicit Memory Summary
dopamine sourced from SNc and VTA -targets essentially all action selection loops tonic dopamine maintains baseline activity level phasic dopamine associated w/ unexpected reward -strengthens synaptic pathways of selected action
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sensorimotor learning:
DLS, stimulus response reinforcement drives habituation, egocentric
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assocative learning
DMS, action-outcome reinforcement drives cognitive learning and more strategic problem-solving approaches
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reversal learning
DMS A-O necessary to unlearn DLS S-R
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Delay timing paradigm
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Trace timing paradigm
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simultaneous timing paradigm
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backward timing paradigm
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things to note about fear learning and acquisition curve
learning occurs at different timescales. asymptote is controlled by strength/intensity of US (gamma) rate of acquisition is controlled by CS saliency (alpha) Delta_V = alpha(gamma-epislon*V)
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Mouriel Consolidation
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fear circuit
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Half Center Model
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Lamprey CPG
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pyloric circuit
driven by intrinsic oscillation
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What are differences between data collected in extracellular recordings vs intracellular recordings?
Patch-clamp: monitors current or voltage from inside cell. also able to manipulate neural activity. extracellular recordings monitor voltage only from outside of the cell
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Principles of Spike Sorting
1) Filter to separate spikes from LFP 2) identify all spikes 3) use clustering methods to classify individual spikes as comprising "single units" 4) reconstruct spike train from each single unit.
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Limitations of electrodes
physically invasive low spatial resolution limited throughput specificity is conferred by position, not cell type or molecular features
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problems w/ small-molecule dyes
injections are invasive dyes are often toxic imprecise
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how can you find behaviorally relevant neurons from calcium signal?
regression analysis! can use knowledge of stimulus and animal's behavior to predict what a behavior-encoding neuron would look like! This is done by convolving the impulse response w/ other known factors like stim. intensity or tail angle
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how does channelrhodopsin work?
it works as both an opsin and an ion channel! when stimulated with light, the channel opens and drives membrane potential
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what's different about halorhodopsins?
they inhibit cells by allowing Cl- into the cell
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What are DREADDS
designer receptors exclusively activated by designer drugs
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examples of some good manipulations of sensory environment?
postnatal exposure to a vertical world prvents devleopment of the ability to see horizontal features. monocular deprivation prevents development of the ability to see in deprived eye glasses on young owls that shift the world 10 degrees when trying to use sound to locate something
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how are odors encoded?
in a combinatorial, across-fiber code
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how are gloms tuned at low odorant concentrations?
narrowly tuned and extremely sensitive although odor may be encoded by population
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how are gloms tuned in chemical space?
coarse, spatial map of glomeruli w/ similar tuning in chemical space and distinct domains for class I and class II receptors
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how does OB circuit shape glom representation of odor?
dendrodendritic inhibition
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circuit motif in OB for gain contorl
intraglom feedforward and presynaptic inhibition. may also filter weak inputs
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what circuit motif sharpens OB receptive field?
lateral (interglom) inhibition
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how does odor mapping change from OE, to OB to PC
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Piriform representations of odors?
not odotopic, combinatorial
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Taste transduction
1) pass directly through ion channel (salty/sour) 2) bind to GPCR which activate 2nd messengers (Umami, sweet, bitter)
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taste coding in periphery
labeled lines
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after most peripheral taste neurons, how is taste encoded?
mix of labeled lines and across-fiber pattern gustatory cortex neurons are tuned to both taste as well as other taste-adjacent behaviors
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what makes dynamics of taste encoding unique?
taste responses are dynmamic and different aspects of a taste stimulus are encoded at different times taste specific neural states occur across the gustatory cortex population
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define flexor and extensor
flexor: reduce joint angle when contracted extensors: increase joint angle when contracted
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minimal controls for locomotion
start signal flexor extensor pair on same side must alternate contralateral limb cycles must be anticorrelated fore/hind limb cycles must be anticorrelated
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potential sources of oscillation
Cell-intrinsic: The cell’s complement of ion channels and membrane properties generates cycles of activity and inactivity spontaneously, without external inputs. Network-mediated: Reciprocal inhibition between pairs of neurons, combined with synaptic fatigue, post-inhibitory rebound, equires synaptic fatigue, post-inhibitory rebound, or adaptation to a tonic excitatory input
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what are important about Shox2+ interneurons?
Shox2+ neurons generate the motor rhythm in mammals. Evidence: (1) They fire rhythmically during locomotion; (2) Blocking glutamate release from Shox2+ neurons disrupts the rhythm; (3) They are excitatory and ipsilaterally- projecting (analogous to lamprey equivalents)
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how could one broadly distributed excitatory input to sC could be used to control locomotor speed?
Firing rates in nMLF neurons are directly correlated with swim speed, and the spinal motoneurons/interneurons that fire during fast swimming have a lower input resistance than those that are recruited at slower swim speeds. If nMLF neurons provide equivalent excitatory drive (synaptic strength) to all spinal interneurons and motoneurons, then as nMLF firing rates increase, additional ‘fast’ spinal neurons will be recruited, and swim speed will increase.
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Identify two behavioral functions that cannot be adequately mediated by subcortical motor pathways.
“Dexterous” movements of the extremities. Motor learning/skill acquisition.
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what drives leech cardiac CPG?
reciprocal inhibition
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what kind of neurons generate motor CPGs?
ipsilateral glutamatergic interneurons provide rhythmic excitation to primary motoneurons and to contralateral projecting inhibitory neurons inhibitory neurons coordinate L/R alternation
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candidate motor CPGs should fill which criteria?
excitatory and project ipsilaterally to motor neurons and contralateral to inhibitory interneurons
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what does reticulospinal tract control?
axial movements, balance, limb movements, modulates corticospinal signals, locomotion
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what criteria would have to be met to identify a cell that drove specific turning behavior?
1) respond preferentially to rightward or leftward stimuli 2) have a contralateral partner with the opposite preference btw they were found in small, ventral neurons in fish
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where is swim speed encoded?
in firing rate of nMLF spinal projection neurons dorsal neurons fire during fast swims ventral neurons fire during slow swims
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why are dorsal motor neurons less excitable ?
due to lower input resistance they have lower input resistance. higher input resistance ventral neurons turn on sooner
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lesions of pyramidal tract selectively affect what?
dextrous movements
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motor cortex is required for what?
learning new movements, but not reproducing them

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